diff --git a/bolt-pages/bolt/pages/pages.py b/bolt-pages/bolt/pages/pages.py
index 8b8877a930..2a8058bb76 100644
--- a/bolt-pages/bolt/pages/pages.py
+++ b/bolt-pages/bolt/pages/pages.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ def content_type(self):
         return extension.lstrip(".")
 
     def get_template_name(self):
-        if template_name := self._frontmatter.metadata.get("template_name"):
+        if template_name := self.vars.get("template_name"):
             return template_name
 
         return f"{self.content_type}.html"